WEBVTT LUXURY VEHICLES, PLANS TO BUILD A FACTORY THAT WILL PRODUCE CHEAPER CAR BATTERIES. AND NEW MEXICO IS IN THE RUNNING! HOW WILL THE CAR MANUFACTURER DECIDE? KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER MEGAN CRUZ JOINS US LIVE TO TELL US ONE OF THE FACTORS THE COMPANY MAY BE CONSIDERING. YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT RIGHT BEHIND ME, SHELLY - RAILROAD TRACKS. TESLA WOULD NEED THEM TO SHIP THE BATTERIES TO THEIR MANUFACTURING PLANT IN CALIFORNIA. A FACTORY THAT WOULD PRODUCE 50-THOUSAND CAR BATTERIES IN ONE YEAR. THAT'S MORE THAN THE 35-THOUSAND BATTERIES BUILT GLOBALLY IN 2013. TESLA IS CALLING IT ITS GIGAFACTORY... AND IS CONSIDERING PUTTING IT IN ALBUQUERQUE. STEVE FORSBERG OF B-N-S-F RAILWAY SAYS THE DUKE CITY WOULD BE A GREAT CHOICE. 06:08 new mexico has a lot of options to offer a shipper no matter where they want to go in the United States 06:15. IF TESLA CHOOSES NEW MEXICO, IT WOULD HAVE TO MOVE THE BATTERIES PRODUCED HERE TO ITS CAR ASSEMBLY FACTORY IN FREMONT, CALIFORNIA. FORSBERG SAYS THE LINES DON'T YET EXIST TO DO THAT FROM ALBUQUERQUE, BUT B-N-S-F IS MORE THAN WILLING TO BUILD THEM. 02:04 there are custom development locations that can be done - we do that routinely around our network 02:10 HE SAYS IF TESLA WANTED TO BUILD IN EITHER THE RANCHO CIELO INDUSTRIAL HUB, THE THOREAU INDUSTRIAL PARK, OR THE GALLUP LAND PARTNERS INDUSTRIAL PARK, TRACKS WOULD BE EASY ENOUGH TO LAY DOWN THERE. WHATEVER IT TAKES FOR ALBUQUERQUE TO BEAT OUT PHOENIX, RENO, OR AUSTIN. 06:50 To try to do that as successfully as we can to attract new jobs and investment to our network and the states we serve 06:58 NOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO MENTION THAT BNSF DID NOT SPECIFICALLY SAY TESLA WHEN COMMENTING FOR THIS STORY. FORSBERG SAYS HIS ANSWERS TO MY QUESTIONS APPLY TO ANY BIG BUSINESS THAT MAY WANT TO LOCATE HERE. LIVE IN NORTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE, MEGAN CRUZ, KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS. TESLA HOPES TO CHOOSE THE GIGAFACTORY'S LOCATION THIS YEAR. THE FACTORY WOULD BRING ABOUT 65-HUNDRED JOBS TO THE STATE.